Pen guide or rest



(No Modun.)

I. BERGM'ANN. 'PEN GUIDE 0R MST.

Patented May 7 qmifbwzooeo @D im@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IGNAZ BERGMANN, OF FORT MADISON, IOIVA.

PEN GUIDE OR REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,796, dated `May 7, 1889.

Application filed October 30, 1888. Serial No. 289,532. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may 0072/067111,.-

Be it known that I, IGNAZ BERGMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Madison, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pen Guides or Rests, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a pen guide or rest designed to insure the proper position of the pen-holder in the hand of the writer; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of parts, fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l shows a hand with the improved pen-guide applied thereto in the operative position and the pen-holder engaged in the guide. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the guide. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 represent different forms of the ring. Figs. 8, 9, and l0 represent still different forms.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents an elastic ring or band, preferably of metal, which is cut or open at one side, and the free. ends are bent to form the outwardextending eyes 0r knobs B B, which are adapted to bc normally held in contact, as shown in Fig. 3, by the elastic loop or ring C, which passes around the said eyes or knobs.

D represents a loose ring-shaped holder, which slides on the ring or band and adapted to havel the pen-holder passed therethrough, and the said holder may be either of metal, rubber, or any other suitable material, but preferably of rubber.

Fig. 3 of the drawings shows a slight modification of the pen-guide, in which one side of the ring or band is slotted or split, as shown at E, and the holder is engaged in this slot and is thereby held out of contact with the foreiinger of the Writer.

Fig. 4E is aview of a similar modification, in which the side of the ring or band is split and the outer side, F, is freed or cut loose at one end to enable the holder to be applied and removed at will. The free end 0f the side F is held in place when the holder is engaged in the sloty by a loop or ring, C, similar to that which is employed to hold the free ends of the ring or band together in the form which is shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows a simple form of the guide, in which the eyes or knobs at the free ends are omitted and the said ends are held in contact by the elastic force of the metal or other material composing the ring or band, and Fig. 6 shows a still simpler form of the guide in which the ring or band is complete, thereby preventing the removal ofv the holder.

Fig. 7 shows a modification in which the holder is connected to the ring or band by an interposed link or connecting-ring, G.

The operation of the guide will be readily understood from the foregoing description. The ring or band is placed on the forelinger of the writer, and the pen-holder is passed through the holder, and as, the latter is held in contact with the foreiinger and is allowed only a limited movement it will be evident that the pen-holder cannot move out of the proper position. To prevent the ring or band from turning on the foreiinger, the eyes or knobs are arranged under the second linger close to the main joint.

In Figs. 8, 9, and l0 very simple forms of the guide are shown. The ring or band in each of the said gures is complete, and notches or cuts or perforations are formed therein to receive the holder. In Fig: S the notch or cut is formed in the outer side of the ring or band, in Fig. 9 it isformed in the inner side, and in Fig. 10 a small perforation is formed in the thickness of the ring or band.

I prefer to make the ring D of elastic material, as it will allow free movement of the pen-holder.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. In a pen-guide, the ring or band to encircle the finger, and the elastic holder on the ring or band to receive the pen-holder, substantially as set forth.

2. In a pen-guide, the combination of the open-sided ring or band having eyes or knobs on its free ends, and the rin g-shaped holder on the ring or band to receive the pen-holder, substantially as speciied. Y

3. In a pen-guide, the combination, with a ring or band to encircle the finger, of an elas- IOO tie holder loosely Connected to and sliding on In testimony that I claim the foregoing is the ring o1l band and adapted to receive the my own I have hereto a'lixed my Signature in pen-holder, substantially as specified. presence of two witnesses.

4C. In a pen-guide, the combination of L split A Y 5 ring or band, the elastic loop or ring C, en IGNAZ BERGMAlNTN.

gagging the free ends of the ring o1` band to draw them together, and the elastic ring- VitnesSes: shaped holder connected to the ring or band M. \V. MITGHEL, to leeeive the pen holder, substantially as O, I. SEARLES.

1o specified. 

